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James SmockJames Smock has always held an interest in his Polish ancestors and heritage. He is a native Houstonian with Polish roots in Bremond, Marlin and New Waverly, Texas.

James is a past president of the Polish Genealogical Society of Texas and was the founding webmaster of the PGST website. He also served as the Surname Index Coordinator from 1994 - 2000.

In addition to serving as the webmaster and editor of this Polish Texan website, he maintains a number of other websites including;

With a lifelong passion for photography, James can often be found with a camera around his neck. In addition to photographing family events and his grandchildren, he is the church photographer for St. Mary Catholic Church in Plantersville and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Stoneham. Many of his photographs can be found on the church website or his photography gallery.

2012 Polish Heritage Festival At St. Mary In Brenham

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2012 Polish Heritage Festival At St. Mary In Brenham, Texas

St. Mary’s Catholic Church hosted their 22nd annual Polish Heritage Festival on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at the Parish Activity Center on the church grounds in Brenham, Texas. At 11 am, a delicious Polish meal was served to the waiting crowd. The meal included baked ham, kielbasa, rosół z kury, czarnina, kiszona kapusta, potatoes and green beans along with delicious desserts and ice tea, soft drinks and cold piwo to drink.
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2012 St Mary In Bremond Annual Homecoming Bazaar

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2012 St. Mary Catholic Church Homecoming Bazaar In Bremond, TexasThe weather was a little warmer then normal for this time of year as a large crowd of people with Polish roots in Robertson and Falls county came together in Bremond, the Polish Capital of Texas, to celebrate St. Mary’s Catholic Church annual homecoming bazaar on Sunday, October 21, 2012. The early Polish settlers built their first small wooden church in Bremond in 1878.
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2012 St. Stanislaus Bazaar In Anderson Texas

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58th Annual St. Stanislaus Catholic Church In Anderson Texas Homecoming and Bazaar

The weather was hot with a mix of rain and sunshine on Sunday, October 14, 2012 as St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Anderson, Texas celebrated their 58th annual homecoming bazaar. The day began with Holy Mass celebrated by pastor Fr. JoJo Cal-Ortiz. The choir sang a beautiful rendition of bądźże pozdrowiona in Polish as the communion hymm.
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Celebrate Polish American Heritage Month In Texas

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2012 Celebrate Polish American Heritage Month In TexasOctober is Polish American Heritage Month and after a long, hot Texas summer, it’s time to get out and enjoy the beautiful fall weather we traditionally have in October. There are plenty of festivals and other activities going on this month and here’s a list of things to do to celebrate your Polish heritage.

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Gary Kubiak And His Bremond Polish Texan Roots

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Houston Texans Head Coach Gary Kubiak And His Bremond Polish Texan RootsIt’s football season in Texas and the NFL Houston Texans are generating plenty of excitement as they begin the season with four straight wins. It’s a well known fact that Gary Kubiak, the Texans head coach and his family have deep ties to Houston but his family also has roots in Bremond, the Polish Capital of Texas. His great grandfather Michal was born in the late 1840’s in the Poznan area of Poland which was occupied by Prussia at the time. He and his family immigrated to America somewhere around 1885 and settled in the Bremond area where he had relatives. Seven of his thirteen children were born and raised in Bremond and the youngest son was Gary’s grandfather.
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2012 Dozynki Polish Harvest Festival In Houston

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2012 Dozynki Houston Polish Harvest Festival

After a successful festival opening on Friday evening , Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church in Houston Texas began their annual Dożynki or Polish Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 12, 2012 with a grand opening showing of the American, Polish and Texas flags and the singing of the national anthems.

The three day Dozynki festival is based on a tradition that dates back for many centuries in Poland and symbolizes the end of the harvest for the farmers. It is a time of happiness, good food, folk dancing and live music. Hot and humid weather, typical for this time of year in Texas didn’t stop the large crowd of people from having fun.
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